Passengers stable after Route 96 Ovid crash

Multiple agencies responded to a three-vehicle accident on Rt. 96 in Ovid on Thursday morning. Two people were sent to the hospital but are now in stable condition.(Photo: OVID FIRE DEPARTMENT / Provided Photo)

White-out conditions Thursday morning in Ovid led to a three-vehicle accident involving a dump truck and two passenger cars.

Two people were sent to the hospital but were in stable condition by Thursday afternoon, according to the Seneca County Sheriff's Office.

At 9:55 a.m., an unloaded dump truck traveling east on Route 96 collided with a westbound passenger car driven by Linda Tremlett, 70, of Interlaken. The dump truck then struck head-on another vehicle, which was also traveling west, driven by John Lasseter, 46, of Trumansburg, according to the sheriff's office.

The dump truck and cars came to rest on the north side shoulder and ditch.

Tremlett and Lasseter were removed from their vehicles by firefighters.

Tremlett was treated on the scene by South Seneca Ambulance and flown to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester by LifeNet air ambulance.

Lasseter was also treated on the scene by Trumansburg ambulance and flown to Strong Memorial Hospital by Mercy Flight air ambulance.

Both were in stable condition, and the driver of the dump truck was uninjured, according to the sheriff's office.

All of the vehicles were heavily damaged and towed from the scene.

Seneca County Sheriff's Lt. Michael Schell attributed the cause of the accident to the weather. He said there was no visibility because of white-out conditions Thursday morning.

Seneca Sheriff deputies along with the Ovid, Romulus, Interlaken, Lodi and Trumansburg fire departments responded to the accident.